Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #182

A classroom has never looked quite this chaotic — the cover of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #182 depicts students (including Veronica and Archie) openly chatting away on portable phones right at their desks, while two exasperated teachers look on and one wryly laments, "I miss the old days when they just passed notes in class!" Dan DeCarlo's pencils and inks capture the Riverdale gang at their most delightfully distracted, with a chalkboard equation going thoroughly ignored in the background. It's a charming 1986 snapshot of technology running amok in the classroom, rendered with all the warmth and humor that makes this series so enduringly fun.